Yesterday brought the first sinister one-sheet from Disney’s dark, magical fantasy MALEFICENT. Angelina Jolie takes on the title role as the evil queen of the studios live-action adaptation SLEEPING BEAUTY. Making his directorial debut is Oscar-winning visual-effects legend Robert Stromberg, who breathes new life into the iconic fairytale which has been adapted for the screen by Paul Dini and Linda Woolverton.
Here we have the first spellbinding trailer and four new stills from the epic film slipping into cinemas from the 30th May 2014.
From Disney comes “Maleficent”—the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.” A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal—an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom—and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.
MALEFICENT co-stars Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Peter Capaldi, Juno Temple, Brenton Thwaites, Sam Riley, Miranda Richardson, Kenneth Cranham and Imelda Staunton.
Source: Disney
